Year: | 2022 |
Type: | Under-20 |
Dates: | 25 March – 14 May 2022 |
Teams: | 31 |
Team: | Tyrone |
Titles: | 6th |
Captain: | Niall Devlin |
Manager: | Paul Devlin |
Team2: | Kildare |
Captain2: | Aaron Browne |
Manager2: | Brian Flanagan |
Munster: | Kerry |
Leinster: | Kildare |
Ulster: | Tyrone |
Connacht: | Sligo |
Matches: | 30 |
Totalgoals: | 71 (2.37 per game) |
Totalpoints: | 656 (21.87 per game) |
Topscorer: | Ruairí Canavan (1–34) |
Poty: | Ruairí Canavan |
Previous: | 2021 |
Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 25 March and ended on 14 May 2022.
Offaly were the defending champions,[1] however they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster semi-final.[2]
The final took place on 14 May 2022, between Kildare and Tyrone. Tyrone won the match by 1–20 to 1–14 to win their sixth title and their first since 2015.[3]
Tyrone's Ruairí Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1–34. Canavan was also named U20 Footballer of the Year.[4]
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruairí Canavan | Tyrone | 1–34 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
2 | Jack Duggan | Longford | 2–13 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
3 | Ryan O'Dwyer | Dublin | 2–11 | 17 | 3 | 5.67 |
Eoin Bagnall | Kildare | 0–17 | 17 | 5 | 3.40 | |
5 | Fionn Murray | Dublin | 0–14 | 14 | 3 | 4.67 |
6 | Daniel Lynam | Kildare | 3–4 | 13 | 5 | 2.60 |
Adam Fanning | Kildare | 0–13 | 13 | 5 | 2.60 | |
8 | Luke Breathnach | Dublin | 2–6 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
Dylan Geaney | Kerry | 1–9 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | |
Eoghan Smith | Sligo | 1–9 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | |
Frank Irwin | Mayo | 0–12 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | |
Fionntán O'Reilly | Cavan | 0–12 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | |
Ben McGauran | Westmeath | 0–12 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Duggan | Longford | 2–5 | 11 | Wexford |
2 | Ruairí Canavan | Tyrone | 1–7 | 10 | Kildare |
2 | Sean Leech | Westmeath | 2–3 | 9 | Wicklow |
Ryan O'Dwyer | Dublin | 1–6 | 9 | Meath | |
Ryan O'Donovan | Cork | 1–6 | 9 | Limerick | |
6 | Bobby McGettigan | Donegal | 2–2 | 8 | Tyrone |
Oisin Savage | Longford | 1–5 | 8 | Fermanagh | |
Ruairí Canavan | Tyrone | 0–8 | 8 | Kerry | |
Jack Duggan | Longford | 0–8 | 8 | Meath | |
10 | Dylan Geaney | Kerry | 1–4 | 7 | Tyrone |
Eoghan Frayne | Meath | 1–4 | 7 | Dublin | |
Ruairí Canavan | Tyrone | 0–7 | 7 | Cavan | |
Ruairí Canavan | Tyrone | 0–7 | 7 | Donegal | |
Eoghan Smith | Sligo | 0–7 | 7 | Roscommon | |
Johnny McGroddy | Donegal | 0–7 | 7 | Armagh |